College tuition changes little

First, thank you for adjusting for inflation in your Feb. 25 article "Tennessee universities' sticker shock grows." Also, thanks for including the declining state percentage.

Now, let us take it one step further. Based on the numbers the article provided, the total cost of a year of education at MTSU in 1986 was $22,170, of which the student paid 28.1 percent. In 2012, the total cost was $22,257, of which the student paid 68.4 percent.

The cost of attending MTSU has not increased very much, at all. The burden has been shifted from the state to the student. This point is usually lost in the hue and cry over the rising cost of education.

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College tuition changes little

The cost of attending MTSU has not increased very much, at all. The burden has been shifted from the state to the student.